ABSTRACT
It is often easier to say what eating disorders are not rather than what they are. People with eating disorders do not have a problem with their eating. They can chew or eat their food as well as anyone else. People with anorexia nervosa do not have anorexia; indeed, they are usually ravenous. Despite the repeated claims in the media, anorexia nervosa is not a ‘slimmer’s disease’; nor does it develop because people want to look attractive.
